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Category: AMERICORPS

Improving Water on Cape Cod

A great way to reduce the effects of stormwater is through absorbing the nutrient rich runoff in a rain garden. Rain gardens facilitate groundwater recharge, thereby reducing the stress put […]

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Highlands Fest 2016: Spreading Wings

Saturday, June 25 10AM to 1PM. Free. Join us for this year’s Highlands Fest! The theme, “Spreading Wings,” is inspired by Highlands Center’s location on the sea cliffs of the […]

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Keeping Your Blowhole Above Water

Written by Britta Dornfeld, AmeriCorps Member placed at the Massachusetts Alternative Septic Systems Testing Center. December 17, 2015, had been rainy and cool. I’d been outside taking water measurements all […]

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Ceeeelebrate Earth Day, Come On! Help Clean the Canal on April 23rd, 2016

Written by Rosie Manzo, Bourne House Member Leader How will you celebrate Earth Day this year? Why not come on down to the Cape Cod Canal and celebrate with Barnstable […]

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The Beauty of Cape Cod

Written by Matthew Moser, AmeriCorps member placed at the Dennis Conservation Trust I knew where I was going when I joined Barnstable County AmeriCorps Cape Cod. I knew there was going […]

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National Volunteer Week: “Protect, Preserve, and Prepare Our Park”

Written by Rosie Manzo, Bourne House Member Leader Barnstable County AmeriCorps Cape Cod teams up with Cape Cod National Seashore for 100th Anniversary! National Volunteer Week 2016 is approaching fast! […]

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Weighing in at Over 500 Pounds

Written by Rosie Manzo, Bourne House Member Leader Thank you to all those who donated their lights and held a collection site! After a little over of a month, the […]

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H2Know: Water you doing about it?

Written by Breanne Penkala, AmeriCorps member placed at the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension “Can I flush you?” This is one question I frequently get asked by students at the start […]

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